Small Food Bakery - Toasted Hazelnuts From Peimonte

These hazelnuts are sourced from one producer outside of Alba, Piedmont. The Bruna brothers run the family orchard and have proven excellent partners as our sole supplier of IGP certified Tonda Gentile Hazelnuts.
Hazelnuts, much like apples, have many different varieties, with vastly different flavour profiles. Tonda Gentile is a slightly lower yielding variety grown predominantly in this region of Italy, and prized for it’s flavour. With a higher proportion of fatty acids than filberts, these nuts have an incredible creamy richness.
This richness is preserved brilliantly by the technical know-how of Fabrizio. Fabrizio previously worked for Ferrero, though decided to leave to apply his mechanical skills to the family farm. The toasting process involves a vent of hot air which then circulates the nut around a temperature controlled chamber with an abrasive liner. This removes the skin and brings out the delicious richniess, without any aesthetic defects to the nut.
It is this kind of technical excellence combined with a genuine warmth to the family farm that made us choose this farm as our sole supplier.